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has performed in many countries including the U.S., Canada,
Russia, Japan and Korea. His performances have been broadcast
on radio and TV in the U.S., Canada and Korea.
Mr. Moon studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and at Indiana
University where he received his bachelor’s and master’s
degrees. He later received his doctor of musical arts degree
from Juilliard. Mr. Moon currently is Professor of Piano at
Seoul National University in Korea. During the summers he has
taught and performed at Brevard Music Center, the
Chautauqua Institute, and other festivals.
Robert McDonald, United States
Robert McDonald had established an
impressive international reputation in the
field of chamber music, performing extensively
as a soloist and as a recital partner to
Midori and the late Isaac Stern. He has
performed with the Juilliard, American,
Takáks, Brentano, Borromeo, and Vermeer
String Quartets and participated in festivals throughout Europe,
the U.K. and the U.S. Mr. McDonald has recorded on several
major labels, including Sony Classical, Musical Heritage Society,
Bridge, Vox, and CRI.
Mr. McDonald has studied with Seymour Lipkin, Rudolf Serkin,
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Theodore Rehl, Beveridge Webster
and Gary Graffman. He holds a BM from Lawrence University,
a diploma from the Curtis Institute, an MM from The Juilliard
School, and a DMA from the Manhattan School of Music. Mr.
McDonald is on the faculty at The Julliard School, where he is
the teacher of Chu-Fang Huang, winner of the 2005 Cleveland
Competition.
Dina Yoffe, Israel/Germany
Dina Yoffe is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky
Conservatory of Music in Moscow, where
she studied under the tutelage of Vera
Gornostayeva, who served on the jury in
Cleveland in 1991 and 2005. Ms. Yoffe
enjoys an extensive solo and orchestral
career, which has included performances
throughout the world. The high points include concerts with the
Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, Japanese Radio
Orchestra NHK under Neville Marriner, Moscow Philharmonic
with Valery Gerglev and Dmitri Kitayenko, and the Tokyo
Metropolitan Orchestra with James DePrest. In addition,
Ms. Yoffe was second prize winner in both the R. Schumann
and F. Chopin International Piano Competitions.
Since 2000 she has been Guest Professor at the Summit Music
Festival in New York and currently is Professor at the Anton
Competition Jury
Cleveland International Piano Competition 2007
Rubenstein International Academy in Düsseldorf. Her recordings
include Chopin’s 24 Preludes, the Fantasy Opus 49, and
19 Waltzes, and Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes Opus 13 and
Kreislerlana Opus 16.
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Norway
One of Norway’s most respected pianists,
Mr. Steen-Nøkleberg enjoys an international
career of virtually continuous performances.
He has appeared as a soloist in London,
Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscow, and other
cities throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Concerto appearances include the London
Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the
Copenhagen Royal Chapel, the China Philharmonic, and others
around the world. He has made more than 50 recordings,
including his recently released monumental recording of all
Grieg’s piano music, a 14 CD set for Naxos Records that has
received international acclaim.
Mr. Steen-Nøkleberg has won numerous prizes and distinctions.
Some of the most notable are the German
Hochschulwettbewerb, the 1972 Norwegian Piano Competition,
the Norwegian Critics’ Prize for Best Performance in 1975 and
the 1976 prize for Norwegian Recording of the Year. He is a
Knight of the St. Olav Order, appointed by the King of Norway
for his significant musical accomplishments.
Christopher Taylor, United States
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The past few years have seen Christopher
Taylor emerge as one of the nation’s foremost
musicians. Numerous awards have
confirmed this high standing. He was
named an American Pianists’ Association
Fellow for 2000, before which he received
an Avery Fischer Career Grant in 1996 and
the Bronze Medal in the 1993 Van Cliburn Competition.
Mr. Taylor has concertized around the globe, performing in
Europe, Korea, the Philippines, and the Caribbean. In the U.S.
he has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Boston Pops, and many others.
As a soloist he has performed at New York’s Carnegie and
Alice Tully Halls, Washington’s Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts, the Ravinia and Aspen festivals, and dozens of
others. He has released two major recordings on the Jonathan
Digital and Liszt Digital labels. Mr. Taylor currently is an associate
professor of piano performance at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison.